2013 Nashville Homeless Memorial Photos and Videos (So Far)

Attended the 2013 Nashville Homeless Memorial Yesterday and while I normally take lots of pictures share them, this event was a particularly painful one and I was both saddened and committed to honoring their deaths, so pictures were the last thing on my mind. 

Three of my friends, not just "clients, consumers, peers" or "persons experiencing homelessness," died last year either as a direct or collateral result of their homelessness.  And they were just three of the the thousands of people - fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters... - who died alone on our streets last year. 

Please take a moment and be thankful if you're in a warm home, and remember that homelessness is far more complex than what you probably imagine, and far harder to escape than you can possibly imagine...

Do something.

Tennessean Photo Gallery

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Russ Anthony's Video of the 2013 Memorial:
Nashville Homeless Memorial 2013 from Russ Anthony 411 on Vimeo.

Charlie Strobel's Tennessean post